Demographic Transition Theory

Demographic Transition Theory by John C. Caldwell.

The demographic transition is the change in the human condition from high mortality and high fertility to low mortality and low fertility. Death is now less capricious and most people live long lives. Women no longer average six or seven births but in most economically advanced countries less than t...

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Main Author: Caldwell, John C. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edition:1st ed. 2006.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Demography.
History.
Sexual behavior.
Sexual psychology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • The Analytical Approach
  • Issues of Early Transition
  • Pretransitional Population Control and Equilibrium
  • Was There a Neolithic Mortality Crisis?
  • Population Intensification Theory
  • On Net Intergenerational Wealth Flows: an Update
  • Fertility Control in The Classical World: was There an Ancient Fertility Transition?
  • Family Size Control by Infanticide in the Great Agrarian Societies of Asia
  • The Modern Transition
  • Transmuting the Industrial Revolution into Mortality Decline
  • The Delayed Western Fertility Decline: an Examination of English-Speaking Countries
  • Regional Paths to Fertility Transition
  • The Globalization of Fertility Behavior
  • Social Upheaval and Fertility Decline
  • Demographic Theory: a Long View
  • Policy Responses to Low Fertility and its Consequences: a Global Survey
  • Explanations of the Fertility Crisis in Modern Societies: a Search for Commonalities
  • Back to the Future: the Great Mortality Crises.

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